خلب

خَلَبَ • (ḵalaba) I (non-past يَخْلِبُ (yaḵlibu) or يَخْلُبُ (yaḵlubu), verbal noun خَلْب (ḵalb))

1. to scratch, to wound by cutting with the nail or the reaping-hook or in another fashion; to sting, to bite
2. to snatch, to seize, to clutch, to rend
3. (chemistry) to chelate

خَلَبَ • (ḵalaba) I (non-past يَخْلُبُ (yaḵlubu), verbal noun خِلابَة (ḵilāba))

1. to allure, to charm, to fascinate, to coax, to captivate with blandishment, to deceive, to hoax

خَلَّبَ • (ḵallaba) II (non-past يُخَلِّبُ (yuḵallibu), verbal noun تَخْلِيب (taḵlīb))

1. (chemistry) to chelate

خِلْب • (ḵilb) m (plural أَخْلَاب (ʔaḵlāb))

1. claw, nail, talon

خَلْب • (ḵalb) m

1. verbal noun of خَلَبَ (ḵalaba) (form I)
2. (chemistry) chelation

خُلَّب • (ḵullab) m (collective) (being the plural of خَالِب (ḵālib, “deceiving”))

1. case, hull, shell, something which provides less than it suggests, sheet lightning, cloud bearing no rain

• خُلَّبِيّ (ḵullabiyy, “empty, vain, blank”)

خُلْب or خُلُب • (ḵulb or ḵulub) m (collective, singulative حُلْبَة f (ḥulba) or حُلُبَة (ḥuluba))

1. ligneous fibers from which the trunk of a palm is made; the medulla of a palm
2. mud that agglutinates easily